fbpx
Hit enter to search or ESC to close
K&S
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Therapists
  • Get Started
  • FAQ
  • Contact
K&S

View Professional Bio

Maria Vogel

LMFT, MA – Therapist

Sometimes if you had a difficult childhood or life experience, no matter how hard you try — you can’t shake the leftover feelings that cause distress. It seems unfair because it keeps you from having the life you want and deserve.

Figuring out what’s wrong is tricky because your life looks great on the surface. You look like you have it all together – great career, beautiful family. But on the inside, you’re just not happy; maybe you’re in serious pain.

Perhaps you can’t sleep and it’s causing problems at work or school. Or, you have ZERO patience for your partner or child. It can get so bad that you feel like you’re just one argument away from leaving it all behind.

Kids and teens suffer from tough experiences too — it just looks different. Their friends start changing — or they don’t have any friends at all. They explode at the drop of a hat or their grades go from As to Fs.

Maybe they are a member of the LGBTQ community and need a safe, listening ear; LGBTQ youth is my specialty. If you have a kiddo or know one who needs help getting past hard times. I can help them too.

Hi, I’m Maria. Let me help you work through difficult things that have happened in your past so they can stop stealing your future. I’ll provide a safe, judgment-free zone for you to unload the hard parts of life. Together we’ll reshape how you show up in the world and create a life you’re excited to live.

Fun fact: Maria makes mouth watering curry!

Schedule an appointment with Maria

View Professional Bio

Brittany Oliver

MA, LCSW – Therapist

You are tired of talking about the same things to family and friends — because they are not getting better and — they are tired of hearing about them.

You find yourself having the same problems with different people — partners, kids and colleagues. But you aren’t able to resolve them, you don’t know why and it’s really disrupting your life. 

No matter how hard you try, or what changes you make, you just can’t find the happiness you know you deserve.

What if you had someone to help you sort things out? To help you see the world through a different lens and help you understand why you do what you do. And how your childhood, family and relationships impact how you live your life today. Someone who makes you feel safe digging into the parts of your life that you’ve kept secret because of embarrassment and shame.

That someone is me. Hi I’m Brittany! Sometimes we need a neutral and non-judgmental person to help us navigate through the bumps and bruises of life. I can help you unpack the toxic, emotional stuff and replace it with happiness, emotional comfort and joy. Together we can rebuild parts of your life, piece by piece, until it looks like the life you’ve always wanted to live.

Fun fact: Brittany loves to sing R&B Music – off-key though.

Schedule an appointment with Brittany

View Professional Bio

Jessica Jimenez

MA, LCSW – Therapist

You’re a member of an underrepresented population. Maybe you’re a first-generation American or African American. The truth is most people don’t’ understand what it’s like to be in your shoes, how isolating and frustrating it can be.

Perhaps, you’ve experienced trauma and no matter how hard you try to put it behind you — it keeps showing up and causing problems. It makes you a super worrier, your feelings get so strong and overwhelming you burst with anger at the people you love.

The thing is you want to do things differently. You want to be in charge of your emotions and put trauma and sadness in their place. So, they don’t cause trouble.

That’s where I come in. Hi! I’m Jessica. I create a safe, judgement-free zone. So, we can figure out why situations from the past keep seeping into your todays and tomorrows. And the best part is — all this makes room for The Good Life: happiness, grace and fulfillment.

Fun fact: Jessica wants to be the next Marie Kondo.

Schedule an appointment with Jessica

View Professional Bio

Kim Simmonds

MA, LMFT – Clinical Director

Are you at the intersection of “I’ll never get this documentation in on time” and“ I don’t know if I’m cut out for this job?”

No matter how hard you try, you find yourself two weeks behind on your progress notes. Then, when you sit down to write, you aren’t sure how to make your session billable. You procrastinate until the anxiety of not getting your assessments done on time gives you a headache. You’ve got two treatment plans to create and 1 in the queue and can’t imagine how you’re going to finish them and meet production numbers.

Has it been so long that you’ve done laundry you’re down to your last pair of clean socks? You’ve been so emotionally exhausted that you haven’t cooked a healthy meal in weeks and the drive through cashier at your local McDonald’s has your name and order memorized.

Hi, I’m Kim. I help Associate and Licensed Therapists ditch stress, self-doubt and poor self-care – and embrace a new way of being a therapist by finding balance and joy in the career you worked so hard to have. I will help you discover ways to have space for the joy and satisfaction that comes with being a therapist – so you remember the reason you became a therapist in the first place.

Fun fact: Kim sang background vocals for a popular sitcom that aired from 2000-2008.

Learn more about our Clinical Supervision and Training Program

View Professional Bio

Kelly Quintana

MA, LMFT – Clinical Supervisor

Do you struggle with ways to use interventions from theorists like Freud and make them relevant to the 21st century?

Maybe  countertransference is sneaking up in sessions, and you need help putting it back in its place. Therapists can have Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), just like clients. So, staving off secondary trauma is tricky. That’s worrisome because it interferes with you providing great care.

Does this ring a bell?  Sometimes you dread a call from your supervisor — you know he wants to talk about documentation or productivity. When you just want to talk about how to help your clients.

Hi, my name is Kelly!
I show therapists how to take lessons from grad school and tailor them — so they are relevant and applicable to their clients. I also share ways to alleviate the stress that comes with the ‘administrative’ part of therapy by sharing time and organizational skills so – all your paperwork will be up to date.

Helping you find the sweet spot between — doing the work you love and helping your clients succeed

and living a full and balanced life – is my jam!

Doing this work means you have a lot of balls in the air. I’m looking forward to helping you catch and sort them out.

Fun fact: Kelly is bi-lingual and loves camping — no, not glamping.  Old-fashioned camping 😊.

Schedule an appointment with Kelly

View Professional Bio

Jill Drenth

MSW, LCSW – Clinical Supervisor

Do you feel like you are just going through the motions? Have you been on auto-pilot for so long you can’t remember the last time you felt joy or had fun? Maybe you’ve completely neglected yourself. So, when you get home from work you just collapse. You don’t talk or hangout with your family because you have nothing left to give — PLUS you still have some progress notes to write.

Being rundown and burnt out, has made you discouraged about your future. You doubt if you’ll achieve success and satisfaction working in community mental health AND enjoy a full and happy life.

Hello! I’m Jill. I know what you’re going through because I’ve been there. I’m a recovering burnt out, self-neglecting therapist. I don’t want you to stay stuck in that ‘burnout life’ as long as I did. Let me hold space for you to decompress and get the support you need to level-up your clinical skills and restore your well-being.

Imagine how it will feel to hold space for clients, provide quality care — AND have room for yourself, your family and clinical growth. The career and life you planned is possible. Let’s work together to get you there.

Fun fact: Jill plays the piano. It’s rusty — but it still counts.

View Professional Bio

Nicole Orsini

MS, LCSW – Director of Operations

Nicole is a lover of soccer and mother of two cookie-eating boys. She is the Director of Operations at K&S and has almost 20 years’ experience in behavioral health. Nicole manages day–to–day operations and ensures that systems and procedures are carried out properly.

Her keen attention to detail is innate and is complimented by a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, where she was a Dean’s Scholar. At USC Nicole learned the ins and outs of social work, mastered social welfare policies and made life–long friends.

Nicole’s career took a few twists. She managed fundraising efforts at UC Irvine’s Annual Fund where she raised more than a half million dollars. After USC, she was a diversion court liaison for clients in a Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention program. She has also provided therapy in a private practice setting.

Because Nicole has unparalleled administrative and management skills, when her friend from UC Irvine, her undergraduate alma mater, mentioned the need for an administrator at K&S, Nicole jumped at the chance. Now she can be found working from her home office, which is beautifully decorated by her sons’ artwork, skillfully keeping all the balls in the air — and all the Is dotted and Ts crossed.

Fun fact: Nicole has played stopper on her soccer team since 2012.

View Professional Bio

Yeshiva Davis

LMFT, MBA – President & Founder

Yeshiva is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and owner of K&S Therapeutic Services, Inc.
She is passionate about helping working women who feel overwhelmed by all the hats they wear every day: mother, wife, divorcee, chef – I could go on. Yeshiva loves to use humor, music and pop culture to make therapy more approachable and relatable. She is on the Advisory Board of the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, a non-profit created by Taraji P. Henson, in honor of her father. She has appeared on the OWN Network’s #LoveGoals, Entertainment Tonight and VH1’s Couples Therapy.

Fun fact: Yeshiva is likely to sing or rap during sessions.

Schedule an appointment with Yeshiva

©2020 K&S Therapeutic Services, Inc.

  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Therapists
  • Get Started
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Yeshiva Davis

LMFT, MBA President & Founder

Yeshiva Davis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 52250) with a B.A. in Communications, and Minors in both Psychology and English from Framingham State University. She also received an M.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing from Northeastern University and a M.A. in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University.

Yeshiva helps people address depression, anxiety, anger, childhood traumas, stage of life issues; family and couples relationship problems.

She is trained in: Managing and Adapting Practice (MAP) – an approach that addresses issues with depression, anger, anxiety and disruptive behaviors. Seeking Safety, this focuses on trauma and/or substance abuse. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – which is designed to address traumatic childhood and adult experiences. And Triple P Positive Parenting Program; a support program that is designed to reduce behavioral and emotional problems in children. Yeshiva incorporates mindfulness, psychodynamic principles and a healthy dose of humor in her therapeutic approach.

She’s dedicated to helping clients find and create successful ways to cope with everyday challenges. She offers a fresh outlook and innovative ways of thinking, to help others solve problems. She is committed to helping people achieve a life that is truly satisfying. Her approach is to share strategies that teach people how to effectively manage the curve balls that life throws their way. She focuses on the positive and encourages clients to do more of what’s working, instead of highlighting what is wrong.

Yeshiva started her career in corporate America. She worked for companies like Bank of America, John Hancock, and Avon Products Inc., While in corporate America, her career experience focused on relationship management, training, marketing and communication campaigns. Now she uses those same skills to foster better family communication, train parents how to “market and sell” their ideas to their kids and shows adults how to better manage inter- family relationships to achieve their individual and family goals.

She is an advisory board member of the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (BLHF) a non- profit started by actress Taraji P. Henson in honor of her father who had PTSD. Yeshiva is on the Pepperdine Alumni Leadership Council, and a former board member Legacy Ladies, Inc. Yeshiva has been a contributing therapist on the OWN network’s show #LoveGoals, VH1’s Couples Therapy and Entertainment Tonight’s The Insider.

Schedule an appointment with Yeshiva

Stephanie Doran

MA, APCC Therapist

Stephanie Doran is a Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC 4976). She obtained a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology, with a specialization in Mental Health, from Loyola Marymount University.

She has experience working with children, including those who have learning differences like ADHD, communication, behavioral and emotional regulation challenges. During her work at a middle school in Inglewood California, her areas of clinical focus were; depression, anxiety and impulsivity as well as sexual and physical abuse. In addition to her work with children, Stephanie has worked with young adults struggling with anger, relationship issues, depression and schizophrenia.

Stephanie creates a safe, positive and healing environment where her clients are free to share their deepest struggles, fears and concerns without judgment or criticism. Ms. Doran is culturally competent, and considers her clients’ cultural and ethnic backgrounds, as well as their personality in her work.

Stephanie infuses Mindfulness, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Play Therapy and relaxation techniques into her work with clients. Her goal is to increase her clients’ personal awareness and emotional needs in order to help them gain more control of their emotions, behavior and lives.

Schedule an appointment with Stephanie

Maria Vogel

AMFT, MA Therapist

Maria Vogel is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (IMF 101345). She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree Bachelor in Psychology & Religious Studies from the University of Redlands. She graduated with a Masters of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies.

Maria has experience working with families, individuals, and children who have experienced trauma. She works collaboratively with clients to create a customized treatment plan considering; ethnic, cultural and religious experiences and perspectives, in order to facilitate a holistic approach. She also has a background working with LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming folks. Many of Maria’s clients experience anxiety, anger, and relationship issues. Her therapy style is heavily influenced by attachment theory and understanding how people learn to be in relationship with one another.

With over 8 years of mindfulness and meditative experience, she teaches clients practical mindfulness tools to help them deal with anxiety or difficult emotions in the moment. Maria’s therapeutic work also includes art therapy and play therapy.

Prior to working at K&S Therapeutic Services, Inc, Maria co-led therapy groups for boys ages 6- 8 and worked as a school counselor with children in Pre-K through 8th grade.

Schedule an appointment with Maria

Dr. Tabitha Lindheim

AMFT, Psy.D. Therapist

Dr. Tabitha Taylor-Lindheim is a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (72705) with a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California (USC). She also received an M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Antioch University and a Psy.D. in Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

She works with individuals, couples, children and families. She assists individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, infertility and life issues as well as, family and couples relationship challenges. Dr. Taylor-Lindheim specializes in working with women of color. Her doctoral dissertation explored the African American Woman’s Experiences of the Strong Black Woman Stereotype.

Dr. Taylor-Lindheim is dedicated to helping clients find and create positive ways to cope with daily challenges. As a therapist, her commitment is to help individuals with the adversities they’re currently facing and to experience better relationships with significant others, family and friends. Her approach is eclectic. She provides support that helps individuals learn how to effectively manage life struggles. She achieves this by providing healthy coping methods that help clients manage emotions; improve communication, understanding and achieve flexibility. Emotional flexibility and mastery.

Dr. Taylor-Lindheim began her career in education. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Argosy University and a Graduate Instructor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has worked for organizations such as Kaplan Learning Services, the University of Redlands and USC. Her career focused on training educators in small group instruction with at risk youth, university executive administration and clinical coordination for nursing students.
Dr. Taylor-Lindheim is actively involved in the Association of Black Psychologists, the USC Alumni Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

Schedule an appointment with Dr. Tabitha

Brittany Oliver

MA, LCSW – Therapist

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW 85625). She holds a BA in Child Development and Family Studies from California State University Long Beach and a Master’s Degree in Social Work, with a concentration in Children, Youth and Families, from California State University Dominguez Hills.

Brittany has a passion for helping others, and it is her belief that with the proper tools and support, each client has the opportunity to reach their optimal potential. Brittany’s gift of helping others is organic and rooted in her quest to normalize the value of seeking supportive services.

Brittany’s theoretical approach is influenced by her training in trauma informed care, and this approach has been applied throughout her work history. Her experience includes: Advocating for underprivileged youth, creating policies and procedures pertaining to child welfare, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, caregiver training, and facilitating both individual and group therapeutic sessions for adults and teens.

For the past ten years, Brittany has provided emotional and behavioral support to those in need. Brittany’s client-centered approach guides the therapeutic process and ensures individual needs remain a priority. She can help with: Parental guilt, positive discipline, work life balance, enhancing self-esteem, cultivating healthy relationships, anxiety and depression. Brittany provides practical strategies to address and overcome life’s challenges.

Schedule an appointment with Brittany

Bridgette Mitchell

Bridgette is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCS19549) and a Registered Play Therapist- Supervisor (S579)

She has a BA in Psychology from Pomona College and a Master’s Degree in Social Work with an emphasis in Children and Families from UCLA. She’s been a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) since 1999. She is also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences Examiners in the writing and designing of the board’s licensing examinations for mental health therapists.

For the last 25 years, Bridgette has dedicated herself to improving the quality of life of individuals, children, couples and families. Her focus includes treating an array of presenting problems including adjustment issues, self-esteem, depression, grief, anxiety, trauma, anger, family discord, and abuse. As a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) Bridgette has extensive practice knowledge and training in many play therapy approaches and incorporates play with children and families impacted by family violence, child abuse, attachment issues, ADHD, autism, divorce, disruptive behavior issues, developmental trauma.

Bridgette is trained in various therapeutic approaches including: CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; TF- CBT-Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Psychodynamic Therapy; Family Systems; Mindfulness; Interpersonal Neurobiology; and others. Though she is trained in various therapeutic modalities Bridgette takes a down to earth, “whatever works best”, integrative approach to her work with clients. Her goal is to build a safe and trusting relationship with her clients and to partner with them to live their best life and enjoy their relationships with others. Fun Fact: Bridgette set her high school’s triple jump record.

Schedule an appointment with Bridgette

Stara Shakti

Stara is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (IMF 97431). She graduated from Antioch University Los Angeles with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and a specialization in Trauma Studies.

Stara provides treatment for adults and couples. She utilizes both family systems and attachment theory in her work with her clients. She also employs mindfulness, relaxation, and other stress reduction techniques to help clients rewire their nervous systems to help control overwhelming emotions. Stara understands the “fight or flight” response that clients who’ve experienced life-altering traumas, such as rape, domestic violence, or incest. Stara holds a safe space for clients to process hurtful things they have experienced—and ultimately heal themselves. She helps people make the body-mind-spirit connection between past trauma and current symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, relationship difficulties, or family conflict so they can have healthier, happier, more fulfilling lives.

Stara particularly enjoys working with couples, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, first- generation Americans, and people of color. She has presented at psychotherapy conferences about ways members of oppressed groups face difficulties negotiating conflicting identities. One of Stara’s strengths is helping clients to differentiate from their families (or cultures) of origin— figuring out who they are as both individuals and as members of groups. Her goal for all her clients is greater self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-love.

Schedule an appointment with Stara

Kim Simmonds

MA, LMFT Clinical Program Director

There are times when feeling disconnected, stuck, overwhelmed or helpless can hamper our ability to have the relationships we want or overcome obstacles in the way of creating and maintaining the life we have envisioned. Depression and anxiety may rob us of our will and ability to do what’s needed, enjoy our experiences and loved ones, or live in the moment. Chronic stress and trauma may interrupt life and throw us off course. Sometimes, life’s challenges simply spur us to seek support as we adjust to changes and new phases of life.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT89466). I hold a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. I began my counseling experience as a suicide crisis line counselor for the Suicide Prevention Center in 2004 before pursuing a clinical psychology degree. Since 2009, I have used my training in Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Family Systems approaches to psychotherapy to work with adults, couples, families and children within the context of their culture and values.

My work focuses on recovering from crisis, healing from trauma, working through unresolved issues that contribute to depression, anxiety or emotional distress, as well as learning skills and strategies to manage stress, anxiety and depression. In my work with couples, I focus on increasing mutual understanding, learning effective communication skills, reducing blame and developing a more satisfying and fulfilling connection. In addition, I work with families and children with a focus on improving communication among family members, improving family relationships, addressing behavior problems and improving parenting skills.

The relationship you have with your therapist is one of the most important factors in your effort to make positive changes. I combine my clinical training with my experiences in the sciences and the arts, and establish a connection that serves as a vehicle for healing, learning, working through issues, defining your goals and taking action. I provide a safe and supportive environment in which you can begin to learn about yourself, recognize your strengths and utilize them to reconnect… to yourself, your loved ones, and to your vision of your most satisfying life experience.

Learn more about our Clinical Supervision and Training Program